Is this computer good for gaming?

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PurrfectMeow

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Is this computer good enough for gaming without overheating? Specifically world of warcraft. Would like to be able to play 2 instances at once (have 2 accounts). Need it to last as many years as possible as I don't know when I'll have enough money again to buy such a good one. Can't go over 2000 (shipping isn't included in this price and is about $65)

Not interested in building my own so no "build your own" replies please.

Specs:

Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Corsair Carbide Series Air 540
Case has 2 140mm intake fans and 1 140mm exhaust fan
Processor: Intel Core i7 4770K 3.50 GHz (Unlocked CPU) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-C (Intel Z87 Chipset)
System Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified
Graphics Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB (Includes PhysX)
Power Supply: 850W Corsair RM
Windows 7

URL: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/comploadsaved.asp?id=937484
 
It would definitely work well, but it would be noticeably better if you get the 780 instead (1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3GB (EVGA Superclocked ACX Cooler Edition) [+$163])

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1037?vs=1036

I know this brings it up to $2,065, but in the grand scheme of things the small price difference increases gaming performance significantly.
 
Agree with WRX
Pay the little amount extra now, enjoy it for a long time.
One thing I would point out tho, you can't SLI with that motherboard. Your PSU has plenty of juice for a 2xGTX 780 setup, but the motherboard doesn't support it.
Not that you want SLI now, but in the future when you find a cheap 780 on ebay, it would be nice to almost double your game performance.
 
CPU - if it is for gaming, you could consider cheaper i5 4670K instead

Mobo - Asus z87-C only support second PCI-E x 16 at x 4 speed. If you need to SLi, you should get better mobo.
If you are not going to SLi, you don't need 850W PSU.

BTW, do you consider build one yourself?
You can get a PC with SSD & GTX 780 for $1700.
 
Thank you all. As far as getting a better graphics card or motherboard, I need to keep it under 2000 as my credit card has a limit of 2000 (bad credit thanks to a relative "borrowing" another card years ago). No bank account and rather not have to send in money orders. I shouldn't be going over 2000 anyway.

As far as the sli, I don't know too much about it or crossfire. Is there a reason to go with sli over crossfire? Wouldn't they both improve performance about the same? Not planning a 2nd gpu anytime soon but may want to in the future. I will consider going down to a 750 psu but a low psu killed an old computer of mine over time so now I'm very cautious regarding that.

If I go with a more expensive motherboard I will have to get Digital Storm Marauder V2 to knock the price down to 2000. It has 3 120mm fans so I think it would be good enough. Even better would be to go even cheaper and get the Digital Storm VIRTUE case, however that only has 2 fans a Front 140mm and rear 120mm so not sure if that would be enough.

Edit: Didn't realize I had it set to overclock. That will knock off more price.
 
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PurrfectMeow said:
Thank you all. As far as getting a better graphics card or motherboard, I need to keep it under 2000 as my credit card has a limit of 2000 (bad credit thanks to a relative "borrowing" another card years ago). No bank account and rather not have to send in money orders. I shouldn't be going over 2000 anyway.

As far as the sli, I don't know too much about it or crossfire. Is there a reason to go with sli over crossfire? Wouldn't they both improve performance about the same? Not planning a 2nd gpu anytime soon but may want to in the future. I will consider going down to a 750 psu but a low psu killed an old computer of mine over time so now I'm very cautious regarding that.

If I go with a more expensive motherboard I will have to get Digital Storm Marauder V2 to knock the price down to 2000. It has 3 120mm fans so I think it would be good enough. Even better would be to go even cheaper and get the Digital Storm VIRTUE case, however that only has 2 fans a Front 140mm and rear 120mm so not sure if that would be enough.

Edit: Didn't realize I had it set to overclock. That will knock off more price.
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If you don't know SLi/ crossfire, I just assume you won't plan to use it.
And it is not a 'low' PSU kill your PC. It is all about the quality of PSU. Some cheap brand PSU claim what so ever their output, but they can't actually deliver. Or may be the PSU don't have circuit for overcurrent protection.

With PC of single GPU, you won't need more than a quality 600W. With the option available, you would probably go for Corsair CX750M
 
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SLI and Crossfire are both pretty similar, one is for nVidia video cards and the other is for AMD video cards. Personally I don't see a huge benefit from it, if you buy a high end card now it will be fine for a couple years, and by then you'd get better performance by replacing it with a new top of the line card rather than buying another card that's already a few years old. IMO it's more for people who want to build an ultimate gaming machine and have two current high end cards.

As for the machine, I think this will be a better choice and is actually about $100 cheaper. I made the following changes:

From an i7 4770K 3.4GHz to i5 4670K 3.4GHz for -$132
From the Corsair 850W RM to a Corsair 750W CX750M for -$73
Removed overclocking for -$49
Changed OS from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 8.1 x64 -$0
Changed GTX 770 4GB to GTX 780 3GB for +$163.

Total is now $1,811. Check with others here, but I feel that's a better system.
 
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